The seventh annual Good Sam Bike Jam, a 100-mile ride that would have taken cyclists through Lyons and Allenspark on Sunday, was cancelled when raging flood waters wiped out parts of the route.

But organizers of this fundraiser hosted by the Exempla Good Samaritan Hospital Foundation quickly switched gears to make sure the effort that had gone into planning this benefit for the foundation’s Cancer Assistance Fund wasn’t in vain. They donated the $9,000 worth of supplies and resources that had been collected — including enough food to feed 800 people — to Jamestown evacuees that were taking shelter at Niwot High School.

“We were disappointed in having to cancel this event; however in a time of crisis we need to help support the communities we serve,” said Dr. Steve Temple, the foundation’s president.

So, with a Lafayette Police Department escort, volunteers transported the items that were to have been for Good Sam Bike Jam participants to the high school.